I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

Even my wife and two of my children are in "Leaves of Grass". Because I love the source material so much, it was really easy to write and an utter delight to get to direct because I had people like Edward [Norton] elevating the material and surprising me in their interpretations of all of this stuff that's so close to me.

Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively.

A lot of people ask, "What do you pull on in your own life from your character?" In all honesty, it's not something that really works that way for me. I tend to look at these things as an imaginative process and a challenge of imagination and empathy, to some degree. I get much more out of meeting people who have lived these lives than I do digging around in my own limited experiences.